Quérigut

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Quérigut
Quérigut (France)
Quérigut
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Foix
Canton Haute-Ariège
Community association Haute Ariège
Coordinates 42 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  E
height 1,022-2,359 m
surface 36.40 km 2
Residents 133 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 4 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09460
INSEE code 09239

Quérigut - place and castle rock

Quérigut (Occitan: Querigut ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 133 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region .

location

The place Quérigut is located in the Donetsan at an altitude of about 1210 meters above sea level. d. M. at a mountain stream of the same name. The health resort of Ax-les-Thermes is about 37 kilometers (driving distance) to the west; the cities of Foix and Pamiers are about 80 and 100 kilometers to the northwest. The Spanish border town of Puigcerdà , on the other hand, is only 50 kilometers to the south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 197 234 171 153 142 116 136 142

In the 19th century the place had mostly between 550 and 700 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis and the mechanization of agriculture led to a loss of jobs at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries and, as a result, to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lowest values ​​of the last decades.

economy

The inhabitants of Quérigut live mainly from agriculture, with livestock farming and thus milk and cheese production in the foreground, but viticulture is also being practiced again to a small extent. In addition, tourism - also in the form of renting holiday homes ( gîtes ) - plays an important role in the economic life of the small community.

history

The town, its Saint-Félix church and the castle were first mentioned in 844. In the 12th century, the area belonged to the Crown of Aragón , but Peter II gave it to the Counts of Foix in 1208 , who, however, succeeded them the marriage of Gaston IV to Eleanor , heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Navarre , and later neglected by her relations with the House of Albret . At that time the place and its castle were called Quier Agut ; the latter was besieged and destroyed by the Catalans in 1589. Under Henry IV the Donetsan was united with the French crown, but the clashes with the Spaniards continued until the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659).

Étang de Quérigut

Attractions

  • The place is ideal for hiking in the wooded region of the upper Ariège valley.
  • The castle ruins of Quérigut are the remnants of the once mighty castle.
  • The old Saint-Félix church has also been destroyed; today's parish church is consecrated to St. Joseph .
  • The approximately 3.3 hectare large and maximally 21 meters deep mountain lake ( étang ) of Quérigut is located at 1876 meters and is about four kilometers in a south-westerly direction from the place.

Web links

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